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4 Days to Make-or-Break Haiti’s True Story

Thursday, July 29, 2010

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4 Days to Make-or-Break Haiti’s True Story

Haiti is an amazing test case of the risks and failures of the global food economy. There are 4 days remaining for the public to decide whether the true story is told.

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Urban Agriculture in Boston: Growing Promise, Weeding Challenges

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

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Urban Agriculture in Boston: Growing Promise, Weeding Challenges

Boston chefs, community advocates and entrepreneurs are broadening the dialog and shortening the distance between farm and table. Never mind the 100 mile diet, how about 100 blocks, or 100 steps?

Meet a few new urban farmers, giving us a window into the promises and the challenges of urban agriculture in its many forms.

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Slash, Laos, and Vimeo Tape: Controversies of Swidden Agriculture

Friday, July 23, 2010

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Slash, Laos, and Vimeo Tape: Controversies of Swidden Agriculture

There are many myths and misconceptions surrounding swidden agriculture. By dismissing the importance and sustainability of swidden agriculture, researchers may continue to marginalize this highly sustainable system, as well as missing out on ways of incorporating some of its principles into other farming systems.

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Do we really think about what we throw away?

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

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Do we really think about what we throw away?

Freeganism, anti-hyperconsumerism, garbology and dumpster diving. An interesting look at how society is taking a stand against our excessive wasteful consumption behaviour.

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We Want to Change – But How?

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

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We Want to Change – But How?

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In Hidalgo, Cactus Plant is at Root of Economy, Community

Monday, July 19, 2010

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In Hidalgo, Cactus Plant is at Root of Economy, Community

Xoxoc is a producer of prickly pear products in the Hidalgo region of Mexico, an area that was once a major producer of Pulque, a favorite fermented alcohol produced from the Maguey plant. But in the mid 1900’s when beer became popular, the maguey plants were left to die and the local economy along with them. Over subsequent years, many of the region’s men left to look for income elsewhere, and devastating erosion washed away the deserted fields.

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Food Ignorance, Confusion and Why the Kitchen is Empty

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

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Food Ignorance, Confusion and Why the Kitchen is Empty

A recently published article in the New York Times about genetically modified salmon made me wonder if I was a dogged ideologue. I am sure my reaction was similar to the one many had: “Genetically Modified Salmon!!!—insert gasp here—That’s Horrible”. But after I thought about it, I realized, I am making a judgment based on a science with which I am not too familiar.

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Haiti’s Post-Quake Grassroots Sustainable Agriculture Movement

Thursday, July 1, 2010

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Haiti’s Post-Quake Grassroots Sustainable Agriculture Movement

Haiti’s post-quake humanitarian disaster is directly tied to its food supply and the collapse of the rural economy. Combating the dominant paradigm is an accelerating grassroots movement — from farmers burning Monsanto seeds to edible schoolyards.

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In Heels and Backwards – Women Butchers Break Bones and Barriers

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

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In Heels and Backwards – Women Butchers Break Bones and Barriers

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Top 5 Moments in Western Food History

Thursday, June 24, 2010

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Top 5 Moments in Western Food History
1. Neolithic Revolution

The last ice age ended 13,000 years ago, leaving behind a warmer environment full of the flora and fauna we know today and starting the Neolithic Period. This environmental shift fueled a 13,000-year explosion of population, technology, and culture. One plant that prospered in the newly warmed climate was wheat.

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